Urban Bow Hunting Program Info?

[seewhite1]

I'm trying to dig up some information on the success (or failure)of urban/suburban bow hunting as a tool to control deer populations. The National Park Service in Washington DC isholding two public hearings on November 5th and 6th and I would like to provide some comments (written and oral) in support of bow hunting as a viable option to control the exploding deer population. I haven't given it a whole lot of thought at this point, but I am wondering if there is a report that has compiled any statistics on success, costs, number of bow programs in US, participation, etc. Any websites, report or contacts that you may havewould be appreciated.
Thanks,
Chad

[gobbler afflicted]

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[petasux]

Not sure what exactly your after but heres a couple links from cities in Iowa that have wen with the urban hunting route.

http://www.cedar-rapids.org/community/urban_deer_hunt.asp

http://www.cityofames.org/AboutAmes/DeerManagement/UrbanDeerManagement.htm


This one shows the framework the Iowa DNR used to set up hunts in rural areas and state parks, recreation areas etc...

http://www.iowadnr.com/nrc/05feb/14.pdf

If thats the kinda thing your after let me know, I can contact the DNR and get you all the info they have on it.I know a few things, most of these places met a lot of opposition when they started trying to implement a urban bowhunt.Most of them also set up a special committee to oversee the hunt and keep track of how many deer were actually killed.The ones set up in the parks were mostly antlerless only hunts with few either sex tags being given out.The ones in town required a class and weapons proficiency test before you were allowed to hunt.

And Iowa City went the other direction on the issue and hired sharpshooters.They payed out a fortune to these guys to bait the deer in and put em down with a rifle, the last figure I heard and I dont know how accurate it was it was costing them over 1000$ a deer to have this done.I kinda lost track of the situation down there and dont know what theyre doing now to manage things but you may want to get some idea what this costs a city in case the subject comes up, its very expensive and somewhat ineffective cuz they can only hunt in certain less populated regions but it seems to be a popular alternative and you might wanna have some info that show it to be costly and ineffective to back up your argument.